Newfoundland & Labrador - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island - page 351

The 1762 Quidi Vidi Battery , atop the hill end of Cuckhold's Cove Rd, was built by
the French after they took St John's. The British quickly claimed it, and it remained in
military service into the 1800s.
Inland from the village, Quidi Vidi Lake is the site of the city-stopping St John's
Regatta . The Royal St John's Regatta Museum (

709-576-8921; cnr Lakeview Ave &

Clancy Dr, off Forest Rd; by appointment) is on the 2nd floor of the boathouse. A

popular walking trail leads around the lake.
Quidi Vidi is about 2km from the northeast edge of downtown. Take Plymouth Rd, go
left on Quidi Vidi Rd, then right on Forest Rd (which becomes Quidi Vidi Village Rd).
For the brewery, bear right onto Barrows Rd. For the battery, veer off on Cuckold's Cove
Rd. For the regatta museum, take a left off Forest Rd onto Lakeview Ave. You can also
walk from Signal Hill via the Cuckold's Cove Trail, which takes about 30 minutes.

Newman Wine Vaults HISTORIC SITE
OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP
( 709-739-7870; www.seethesites.ca ; 436 Water St; admission by donation; by appointment)
Dating from the 1780s, these dark, cool wine vaults are where the Newman company
aged its port until 1996 (when EU regulations forced the process back to Portugal).
Guides used to give tours, but at press time they were on hold. The vaults often host mu-
sic, literary and foodie events.

CA Pippy Park PARK
( www.pippypark.com ) The feature-filled, 1343-hectare CA Pippy Park coats downtown's
northwestern edge. Recreational facilities include walking trails, picnic areas, play-
grounds, a golf course and a campground. Memorial University , the province's only uni-
versity, is here too. The university's botanical garden ( 709-737-8590; www.mun.ca/bot-
garden ; adult/child $7/3; 10am-5pm May-Aug, reduced hours Sep-Apr) is at Oxen Pond, at the
park's western edge off Mt Scio Rd.
Cultivated areas and a nature reserve fill the botanical landscape. Together, these and
the park's Long Pond marsh give visitors an excellent introduction to Newfoundland's
flora, habitats (including boreal forest and bogs) and animals (look for birds at Long
Pond and the occasional moose). Take the 3km Long Pond Walk for the full effect.
The Fluvarium ( 709-754-3474; www.fluvarium.ca ; 5 Nagle's Pl; adult/child/family $7/4/20;
9am-5pm Mon-Fri, from 10am Sat & Sun Jul & Aug, reduced hours Sep-Jun) , a glass-sided
cross-section of a 'living' river, is located across the street from the campground. View-
ers can peer through large windows to observe the undisturbed goings-on beneath the
surface of Nagle's Hill Brook. Numerous brown trout and the occasional eel can be seen.